Detailed history of General Winfield Scott Hancock's 1867 "Expedition of the Plains", intended as a show of force to settle Indians angry at the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre, and which disrupted U.S.-Indian relations for more than a decade.

An ill wind blows -- In the wake of the treaty -- The Fort Zarah council -- A storm brewing -- The march begins -- From Fort Harker to Fort Larned -- In camp at Fort Larned -- The first council -- The march resumes -- Confrontation -- The village -- Pursuit -- The wrath of Hancock -- The Kiowa and Arapahoe councils -- Fort Hays, Fort Harker, and return -- Flight -- Custer foiled and frustrated -- War begins -- Custer moves north -- To the forks of the Republican -- The blooding of the seventh cavalry -- Fort Wallace besieged -- Custer, the Kidder factor, and the march for Fort Wallace -- A mystery solved -- A dash to Fort Riley and court-martial -- A summer of war -- The Medicine Lodge peace treaties.